alexander relied upon when they denied publicly the nsa is collecting data on american citizens. nsa says thousanding of violations reported in another leaked document are a fraction of the overall data and they were reported in an effort, patti ann, to correct them. >> catherine, what are we learning about reported threats against "the guardian" newspaper >> reporter: britain's "guardian" newspaper, suggesting that david miranda, partner of journalist, glen greenwald, acted as courier carrying leaked nsa documents or passing them in person because communications in glen greenwald can not rely on security of electronic media. in a scathing piece this morning the guardian's editor said, that the two months ago, within the last two months he was contacted by british government officials over the nsa leaks where the destruction or return of remaining document was demanded, quote, the mood toughened just over a month ago when i received a phone call from the center of government telling me, you've had your fun, now we want the stuff back. this morning the british government is standi